Tuesday, November 27, 2012

History Of Immigration In Georgia

Hi :) I'm Lika. Now I'm writing my first blog.. hopefully it would be successful for me :)
People write blogs for pleasure, but this time it's a part of the
challenging competition for me. Out of 14 topics I have chosen "Georgian Immigrants", because i think that nowadays it's a pretty common problem
in our country.

Leuvile cementory is a burrial ground to many Georgian immigrants
who had left country after the Soviet invasion of georgia of 1921.

Noe Zhordania

The intense immigration process in Georgia started in 1920s after the collapse of the first independent government of Georgia. The Democratic Republic of Georgia was the first modern establishment
of a Republic of Georgia. It existed from May 1918 to February 1921. Facing
permanent internal and external problems, the young state was unable to
withstand the invasion by the Russian Red Armies, and collapsed in 1921 to become a Soviet republic. The
Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG) continued to function as
the government in exile in France having the historical treasure of the
government with them. A small town located near Paris - Leuville was declared
as an official residence of the government in exile.

The life in Leuville was difficult; there was neither water nor electricity supply and money quickly vanished, as well as any hope of return to the homeland. The President Noe Zhordania and the members of the Government had to grow vegetables in the garden. They produced local vegetables but also Georgian red beans and Russian pickles, which were also produced by the local growers and jointly sold on the markets in Paris.

St. Nino's icon in the church

After the death of the founders of the real estate company,
the Association for the Georgian Home was founded. Today, the castle is
inhabited only in summertime. The Association organizes workshops, visits and
celebrations. It also takes care of the tombs located in the "Georgian
square", a part of the municipal cemetary of Leuville that was offered to
the Georgian community. The Roman Catholic church of Leuville is also
officially lent to the Georgian Orthodox Church for wedding and funerals; it
houses an icon of St. Nino, the patron saint of Georgia.

On 26 May 2001, the National Day of Georgia, the
municipality of Leuvillle twinned with the Georgian municipality of Mtskheta.
The lounge of the castle of Leuville shows a few souvenirs from the Georgian
government in exile, including photographies and the original independance act
of the country, shown today flanked by the two national flags of Georgia.